Little Criminals (film)

Little Criminals
Directed by Stephen Surjik
Produced by Phil Savath
Barbara Kelly
Written by Dennis Foon
Starring Brendan Fletcher
Myles Ferguson
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 91 min.
Country Canada
Language English

Little Criminals is a 1995 Canadian movie. It was directed by Stephen Surjik. The movie was shot in Vancouver in the spring of 1995. The camerawork is mostly done hand-held and at eye level for a more realistic feeling.

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Plot

The story is mainly about an eleven year old child named Des. Des and his friends commit a variety of illegal activities like vandalism, stealing, lighting fires, mug people and use drugs. In Canada, the age of criminal responsibility is twelve. Des takes advantage of this law because he knows that the police cannot charge him because of his young age.

When Des meets Cory, they become good friends and start a crime spree, feeling like nothing can stop them. Eventually, Des's mother admits she can't handle her child, and Des ends up in an assessment centre for troubled children. In the centre he meets Rita, a psychologist who tries to understand Des's motivations, and over time gets some positive results on his behaviour. But when Rita informs Des that they are trying to find him a foster home, Des flees as soon as his friend Cory visits him. They both want to get out of the city and plan to rob Chet, the local dealer. During the robbery, Des accidentally kills Chet and threatens Cory. In the end, Cory is afraid for Des and wants nothing more to do with him. Des, still on the run because of his escape, goes to his home, sets the house on fire, and conceals himself in his personal hideout, the closet drawing and falls asleep as the house is on fire.

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Films directed by Stephen Surjik